Where will Dani Olmo play next season? It’s hard to say for now, but the 26-year-old attacking midfielder is the subject of diligent courtship. Author of 8 goals and 5 assists in 25 matches in all competitions last season, the RB Leipzig talent is also coming off a more than attractive Euro 2024. Enough to catch the eye of the competition. With this in mind, we recently revealed that Manchester City had decided to take action for the Terrassa native. But that’s not all. Determined to strengthen during this summer window despite limited finances, FC Barcelona is also more than ever in the race.
After having made an initial offer estimated at 40 million euros fixed (+ 20 million in variables), the Culers – who saw this proposal rejected due to the payment terms (10 million euros per year over the next four seasons with a first payment to be made in January 2025) – are preparing to return to the charge. As indicated by Sportthis Monday, the Catalan club did not give up on the matter despite the expiry of the interested party’s 60 million euro clause since July 20. Determined to get the former nugget of La Masia, the Blaugrana leaders have therefore decided to continue negotiations with the player’s representative.
The Olmo case is still stalling…
Over the weekend, a new meeting took place between Olmo’s agent, Joan Laporta, the president of Barça and Deco, sporting director of the last second in La Liga. An interview that did not, however, really change things. Thus, if the Spanish press regularly reports Barça’s confidence in this matter, we are able to affirm that the positions are still very far apart to this day. For two reasons. The first, well known to all, is that the Spanish team does not have unlimited finances. Far from it. The second is that RB Leipzig is in no hurry to give up its protégé, under contract until June 2027.
Therefore, if Catalonia is regularly mentioned as a probable destination for Olmo – in the same way as Nico Williams, still followed by Paris Saint-Germain – the operation remains complex. As a reminder, Barça has, for the moment, only made one recruit official: Pau Victor, a young 22-year-old striker who belonged to Girona and who is called upon to have a role as understudy in the team after a good season during his loan at Barça B. For his part, Hansi Flick, new architect of the Culers, has in any case made Dani Olmo his priority as we revealed to you recently. It remains to be seen whether the different parties will manage to find common ground in the coming days. At the time of writing, nothing is less certain…
